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Fire kills toddler

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A two-year-old girl left unattended at home in Tuen Mun was killed when she set a mattress on fire with a lighter.

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Yeung Yee-ching had been left in a bedroom in the flat in Nam Tei First Street at about 4 pm when her grandmother went shopping.

When the woman returned, she found the flat filled with thick smoke. Yee-ching was taken unconscious to Tuen Mun Hospital and certified dead. The girl was looked after by her grandparents.

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